WA is divided about our public defender crisis
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There’s a traffic jam in our courts in Washington state.
Victims, and people accused of crimes, are waiting and waiting.
That's because in many cases, one person needs a public defender, and those are getting harder to come by.
Investigative reporter Aspen Ford joins us to talk about why, and it’s not just because attorneys are burnt out.
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